We’re not trying to ace tests or impress teachers. We are reading and studying to live, to be good human beings—always and forever.
Archika Darrahas quoted5 years ago
Everyone had a job—a specific duty. Even people who did bad things—they were doing their job of being evil because evil is a part of life.
Archika Darrahas quoted5 years ago
He was much more interested in hearing what the other person had to say than making sure he was heard or—as most of us insist upon—winning the argument.
Silverberryhas quoted2 days ago
we were not acting consciously or deliberately but instead by forces we did not bother to evaluate.
Silverberryhas quoted2 days ago
“We buy things we don’t need, to impress people we don’t like.”
Silverberryhas quoted20 days ago
WHY DO YOU NEED TO IMPRESS THESE PEOPLE AGAIN?
Silverberryhas quotedlast month
Don’t try to make it up on the fly. Have a plan.
Silverberryhas quotedlast month
The good things in life cost what they cost. The unnecessary things are not worth it at any price
Silverberryhas quotedlast month
So don’t stop at Stoicism, but explore the forces that drive and make Stoicism possible.